CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Deep Cuts: Elton John, "Come Down in Time" (1970)

By Nick DerisoThis song, taken from a brilliant album called "Tumbleweed Connection," is the reason why you have to hate Elton John's last period.John is never in half light any more—never so patient, so bravely remote, so note perfect. Back then, he put out piano music, with an active and jazzy rhythm section, and there was uncommon beauty.The emotion around "Come Down in Time," a track about lost love, is only deepened by the expressive bass work of Chris Laurence, the quiet majesty of the...

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